Leo Tindemans
Appearance
Leo Tindemans | |
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43rd Prime Minister of Belgium | |
In office 25 April 1974 – 20 October 1978 | |
Monarch | Baudouin |
Preceded by | Edmond Leburton |
Succeeded by | Paul Vanden Boeynants |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 December 1981 – 19 June 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Wilfried Martens |
Preceded by | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb |
Succeeded by | Mark Eyskens |
President of the European People's Party | |
In office 8 July 1976 – 1985 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Piet Bukman |
Personal details | |
Born | Leonard Clemence Tindemans 16 April 1922 Zwijndrecht, Belgium |
Died | 26 December 2014 Edegem, Belgium | (aged 92)
Political party | CD&V |
Spouse(s) | Rosa Naesens |
Children | Thomas Pia Nora Bruno |
Alma mater | University of Antwerp Ghent University Catholic University of Leuven |
Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (Dutch: [ˈleˑ(ɪ̯)oˑ ˈtɪndəmɑns] ( listen)) (16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. Tindemans was the 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium.
He was also mayor of Edegem.
He was born in Zwijndrecht on 16 April 1922. Tindemans died on 26 December 2014 in Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, aged 92.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Torfs, Michael (26 December 2014). "The "man of a million votes" Leo Tindemans has passed away". Flanders News BE. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Leo Tindemans at Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Tindemans at the Dutch-language version of the site of the Belgium government Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)
- Leo Tindemans at the French-language version of the site of the Belgium government Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine (French)